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Marathi Rangbhumi Din is observed on 5^th November celebrating theatre and drama, thus promoting art. It is observed with great enthusiasm and zealous by theatre lovers. Vishnudas Bhave laid the foundation of Marathi drama in 1843 by performing this first play on Sita Swayam. Akhil Maharashtra Natyavidya Mandir Samiti too was established on 5^th November.

In the year 640 AD, Chinese pilgrimage Xuanzang visited Maharashtra. Xuanzang travelled in northern India for five years before he finally arrived at Nalanda the most famous monastery - university in India in 637CE. He remained here for a total two years studying Buddhist sutras. The purple route reveals his travels inside the Indian peninsula.

Maharashtra state has about 720 km long indented coastline, which is marked by the presence of major estuaries and narrow creeks. It comprises the coastal districts of Thane, Raigad, Greater Bombay, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.

Marathi ranks 10^th in the list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali.

In Maratha fort administration, the Karkhanis was in charge of Stores. The karkhanis looked after the storage of foodgrains and the maintenance of war material on the fort.

In 1945 Late Padmashree Vithalrao Vikhe Patil pioneered the first successful Co-operative Sugar Factory in the country at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra which was commissioned in 1951.

Amoghavarsha King was described as "one of the four great kings of the world" by Arab traveller Sulaiman al Mahri. He has praised Amoghavarsha as one of the four powerful emperors of the World. Amoghavarsha I was a Rashtrakuta king, the greatest ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty.

Tukadoji Maharaj is also known as "Rashtrasant". Saint Tukdoji Maharaj, also known as Rashtrasant, was a spiritual saint from Maharashtra. Born in 1909 in a poor family in Amravati district's Yavali village, he was a discipline of Samarth Adkoji Maharaj.

Mahatma Jyotirao Phule composed a Powada on the greatness of Shivaji Maharaj. Mahatma Phule used powada for spreading awareness among the masses Jyotirao Phule. Mahatma Phule was a prolific social activist and thinker, who pioneered women's education in India especially in Maharashtra.

Balaji Vishwanath, the Peshwa was the founder of the Peshwa Dynasty. The first Peshwa was Balaji Vishwanath. He helped the Syed brothers in overthrowing the Mughal emperor of Farrukhsiyar in 1719. He reigned from 1713 - 1720.